RE: Opinion on the 223 as a deer hunting cal ?
Paul...You are correct, but they didn't make the 60gr Nosler Partition for a 22 caliber back in 1971...I used what was avaliable at the time...
I have seen a few killed by my niece with her 22-250 and the 60gr Partition, it kills them, but the damage still isn't what you see out of a .243...The off side hole is about the size of a dime...